Chicken of the woods - tips?

[Steuben Jerry]

Hi All,

So I've never been much of a mushroom hunter, but love to eat mushrooms and just haven't taken many opportunities to hunt for them.

 

While out pulling camera cards yesterday, I found this, which appears to be a nice batch of Chicken of the Woods fungus. I can find cooking tips on quite a few websites, but I wanted to ask here among the community I know (sort of) if there are things to keep in mind like look a likes, what not to do, etc.  

 

ETA; I have no idea why the pic posted sideways. Can't seem to fix it.

 

Thanks in advance!

Jerry

 

Edited June 6, 2016 by Steuben Jerry

[Paula]

Can you eat that?

[ants]

Can you eat that?

I eat any mushroom I find…Had some this morning and they were pretty farm tooth..margin..rainbow my cat is blunt, whiskey on the tree nobs,WHOS THAT??, in the gully of the wing nut….

[erussell]

dang nice find!!. i like them cooked with a little chicken stock and sour cream over rice. havent found that many in yrs.

[PREDATE]

Nice find. Yes sulphur shelf (chicken mushroom)is a fine edible. It does well sauteed in butter or olive oil. I like them alongside a nice steak!

Don't remove too much of the fungi from the log and you just might have sulphur shelf for a few years. The outer 1-2" of each shelf is tender. It gets woody towards the center.

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[PREDATE]

You can eat that Paula. That plant is featured in the book--How To Stay Alive In The Woods.

It's a fungus(Mushroom).

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